BioHacked: Family Secrets


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BioHacked tells startling true stories of the people caught between two multi-trillion-dollar industries — medicine and technology — and chronicles how their lives are transformed. Listen as the children of anonymous sperm and egg donors — some with dozens or hundreds of half-siblings — take on the fertility industry. As they uncover the identities of their donors and gather vital medical information, unexpected ethical, scientific, and political challenges arise that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about the baby business. BioHacked: Family Secrets is part of The Binge - subscribe to listen to all episodes, all at once, ad-free right now. From serial killer nurses to psychic scammers – The Binge is your home for true crime stories that pull you in and never let go. Follow The Binge Crimes and The Binge Cases wherever you get your podcasts to get new stories on the first of the month, every month. Hit ‘Subscribe’ at the top of the BioHacked: Family Secrets show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com. The Binge – feed your true crime obsession. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts.
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More perspective
Mar 5
Love that they covered different perspectives and giving attention to changes that are trying to be made.
Excellent pod
Feb 14
This podcast is very imformative and well done. Several of the donors interviewed come off as real jerks, I'm glad that the Kurt story turned out ok for his offspring who were interviewed. Cannot help but wonder what icky and potentially criminal skeeltons are hiding in the closet of psuedonymous "Mike" - but no one flips out that hard about an abstract notion of privacy without something serious to hide.
Amazing
12/12/2024
So unbelievably well done-
I listened to 7 episodes today!
11/10/2024
I know this podcast is one I will reference as I grapple with the policy & ethics around this topic. I appreciated learning the history of AI. You did a really great job of exploring the many motivations that shape this world. From mad scientists, to couples struggling with fertility, male donors, female donors and corporations. This helped me understand who stands to benefit and who might experience harm in our current systems. Another review said they stopped listening when you got to the cow farm but for me, the fact that livestock sperm goes through a more rigorous screening than more human sperm really struck a chord!
Great work on this!
07/11/2024
My favorite part about this podcast is how it managed to give us listeners perspective of every viewpoint possible in these situations. Too bad many of these reviewers are focusing on how this content misaligns with their own personal opinions, as well as expected perfection from interviewees rather than raw conversation.. otherwise I bet they’d realize how great of work y’all have done here. Please keep coming out with more content like this, I learned so much from listening to each episode!
Unfortunate
10/20/2024
You were telling a great story until you started interjecting your own political beliefs and ideologies. No interest in your opinion of the ladies of The View and nowhere in the language of the law does it state “Don’t Say Gay”. You are perpetuating ignorance and as a podcaster who has the potential to reach many people, you should take more responsibility in your research.
50 years ago
10/02/2024
50 years ago this would have been a timely podcast. Why is this podcast portraying sperm donation to be some sort of strange thing - millions have gone and will go this route. And the girls’ story? Would have been a nice 1 episode podcast. But really, cattle insemination? Beyond boring.
So many different perspectives
03/05/2024
I listen to at least two podcasts a week. Meaning I binge them. So I listen to many many hours of reporting. This was a stand out podcast because it meticulously researched and offered a different perspective on the same topic each episode. Some of the perspectives I could have imagined, but others not so much. This was very educational yet entertaining. I wish every investigative podcast could be so robust. Highly recommended.
Conflicting Values
05/23/2024
This is a well done podcast with some compelling stories. However, you cannot value sperm, value eggs and value the individuals born from these reproductive cells and not value the embryos. These humans are valuable and deserve to be treated with dignity after birth AND before. How can you champion killing unborn babies and the rights of those born at the same time. Hypocrisy.
Unsympathetic to parents
03/22/2024
I enjoyed hearing their stories but stopped after episode 2. The fact that Amber’s parents are clearly suffering made it hard for me to listen to. Going through infertility is not something anyone chooses. This is not a tragedy. These families had successful outcomes.
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